2- Butanol Specifications

With the exception of gasoHne grade /-butyl alcohol (GTBA), the butanols are generally marketed in bulk in the pure isomeric form. ASTM specifications (29) for n-, iso- and j -butyl alcohol are given in Table 3. Butanol specification purity is routinely obtained by gas chromatography (30). 

Fig. X-1. Adsorption isotherms for n-octane, n-propanol, and n-butanol on a powdered quartz of specific surface area 0.033 m /g at 30°C. (From Ref. 23.)...

It IS convenient to distinguish between enantiomeis by prefixing the sign of iota tion to the name of the substance Foi example we lefei to one of the enantiomeis of 2 butanol as (+) 2 butanol and the othei as (—) 2 butanol Optically pure (+) 2 butanol has a specific rotation ol of +13 5° optically pure (—) 2 butanol has an exactly oppo site specific rotation ol of —13 5°... 

Because they are similar, the aLkanolamines often can be used interchangeably. However, cost/perfomiance considerations generally dictate a best choice for specific appHcations. AMPD is manufactured in very low volumes for use as a reagent in certain medical diagnostic tests, although some is used in certain cosmetic products. 2-Ainino-1-butanol is used primarily as a taw material for the synthesis of ethambutol [74-55-5] an antituberculosis dmg. The first step in the synthesis of this dmg is the resolution of AB into its optical isomers because only (i)-2-amino-l-butanol, [5856-62-2] is utilized in this synthesis. 

Hydrocarbon Solvents. Most hydrocarbon solvents are mixtures. Few commercial hydrocarbon solvents are single compounds. Toluene is an exception. Hydrocarbon solvents are usually purchased and suppHed on specification. The most important specification properties are distillation range, solvency as expressed by aniline cloud poiat and Kauri-Butanol (KB) value, specific gravity, and dash poiat. Composition requirements such as aromatic content and benzene concentration are also important ia many appHcations. 

Compounds in which one or more carbon atoms have four nonidentical substituents are the largest class of chiral molecules. Carbon atoms with four nonidentical ligands are referred to as asymmetric carbon atoms because the molecular environment at such a carbon atom possesses no element of symmetry. Asymmetric carbons are a specific example of a stereogenic center. A stereogenic center is any structural feature that gives rise to chirality in a molecule. 2-Butanol is an example of a chiral molecule and exists as two nonsuperimposable mirror images. Carbon-2 is a stereogenic center. 

Dishnct fuel-specific reaction chemistry is also seen in premixed flat flames of the four butanols. Figure 2.9 shows PIE curves for m/z = 72 (C4H8O). The species pool is quite different, with butanal present in the 1-butanol flame, 2-methyl propanal in the i-butanol flame, and 2-butanone in both the 2-butanol and the f-butanol... 

Organic solvent can affect the enzyme specificity [76]. Authors have indicated that transesterification of l,4-butyloxy-2-octylbenzene and butanol in presence of lipases from Pseudomonas can produce two different products when using hydrophilic (acetonitrile) or hydrophobic (toluene) solvents. Zaks and Klibanov [16], demonstrated that subtilisine and a-chymotrypsine specificites can be changed as a function of solvent types. This is true for a limited number of biocatalysts. 

The feed rate to the column is 20 kmol/h and the feed temperature 35 °C. The specifications required are top product 0.99 mol fraction MEK bottom product 0.99 mol fraction butanol. 

This paper considers systems of lesser dimensionality than the previous study, namely, systems of two compounds, which (ignoring the vapor) can form only one or two phases. Specifically, excess enthalpies and phase compositions have been measured (at ambient pressure) by isoperibol calorimetry for n-butanol/water at 30.0 and 55.0 °C and for n-butoxyethanol/water at 55.0 and 65.0 °C. (Butanol, or C4E0, is C HgOH butoxyethanol, or C4E1, is C HgCX OH.) The miscibility... 

The molecular structure of polybutadiene prepared with BuLi and barium salts is greatly dependent on the presence of specific amounts of water and t-butanol used in the barium salt formation. The data in Figure 3 demonstrate that the greatest effect is obtained as the hydroxide content of the solution phase of the barium salt increased from 0 to 7.4 mole 7, Ba(0H)a. This particular salt results from a Hs0-t-butanol mixture containing 2.5 mole 7. water. The amount of trans-1,4 increased from 637, to 767, and accompanying this change the intrinsic viscosity increased from 1.60 to 5.22. The polymers were gel-free. 

The dehydrohalogenation of 1- or 2-haloalkanes, in particular of l-bromo-2-phenylethane, has been studied in considerable detail [1-9]. Less active haloalkanes react only in the presence of specific quaternary ammonium salts and frequently require stoichiometric amounts of the catalyst, particularly when Triton B is used [ 1, 2]. Elimination follows zero order kinetics [7] and can take place in the absence of base, for example, styrene, equivalent in concentration to that of the added catalyst, is obtained when 1-bromo-2-phenylethane is heated at 100°C with tetra-n-butyl-ammonium bromide [8], The reaction is reversible and 1-bromo-l-phenylethane is detected at 145°C [8]. From this evidence it is postulated that the elimination follows a reverse transfer mechanism (see Chapter 1) [5]. The liquidrliquid two-phase p-elimination from 1-bromo-2-phenylethanes is low yielding and extremely slow, compared with the PEG-catalysed reaction [4]. In contrast, solid potassium hydroxide and tetra-n-butylammonium bromide in f-butanol effects a 73% conversion in 24 hours or, in the absence of a solvent, over 4 hours [3] extended reaction times lead to polymerization of the resulting styrene. 

Stereospecific nucleophilic substitution in chiral ion—dipole complexes. Chiral molecules can be discriminated in the Cl source of a CIMS instmment by specific ion-molecule reactions induced by chiral reagent gas. This method has been applied with success to distinguish between enantiomeric and diastereomeric forms of menthols ((lR,2S,5R)-(— )-14, (lS,2R,5S)-(+)-14, and (lR,2R,5S)-(—)-14 in Scheme 11) through the nucleophilic displacement of their hydroxyl group by (5)-2-amino-l-butanol Self-protonation of As... 

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